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and all he wants to do is get him to say something about dr. king being arrested. and just please say something. he gets off the train crying. and he says nixon doesn't get it. that was the moment. you know? these moments make history. >> and it was the reason daddy king left the party, because the party didn't respond to his son sitting in a jail. >> and so what are you going to do about it, michael? >> well, we keep pushing. >> what is the reverberation in the republican party now that they know they were no-shows yesterday? there is no sense shouting about this. i believe we're better off in a country where people like me can go in the voting booth. it doesn't happen all the time there are common elections where you want to have a choice. i may decide i like hillary, but i want to have a choice. i would like biden to run. i would like christie to ron, some reasonable people to run. and i want an option. maybe you don't want an option. but i want an option. >> i think the reverberation is going to be profound. because you cannot go out and tell people that you wa
and all he wants to do is get him to say something about dr. king being arrested. and just please say something. he gets off the train crying. and he says nixon doesn't get it. that was the moment. you know? these moments make history. >> and it was the reason daddy king left the party, because the party didn't respond to his son sitting in a jail. >> and so what are you going to do about it, michael? >> well, we keep pushing. >> what is the reverberation in the...
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ambassador young, you knew very well dr. martin luther king jr. and give me sort of your thoughts about 50 years later, seeing an african-american president stand in that same place on the lincoln memorial and deliver a speech in front of another march on washington or at least a commemoration of it. >> well, he might need to deliver some of the same speech that never got heard. dr. king's introduction was in a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. when the architects of the republic wrote magnificent words of the constitution and declaration of independence, they were signing a promissory note to every american which every prey american would fall heir. and if you look at the constitution as a promissory note for the fulfillment of the unaable rights of all human beings, everything you talk about is the human race. and i think this was never a black march. this was the march and the dream was a dream that made a southern movement a national movement and an international human rights movement all at once. it probably changed fr
ambassador young, you knew very well dr. martin luther king jr. and give me sort of your thoughts about 50 years later, seeing an african-american president stand in that same place on the lincoln memorial and deliver a speech in front of another march on washington or at least a commemoration of it. >> well, he might need to deliver some of the same speech that never got heard. dr. king's introduction was in a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. when the architects...
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king's death. but for americans across the nation dr. king's words that day with his soaring oratory, our right to remember it but our challenge today is to make sure that while we engage in commemoration we move from commemoration to recommitment that we ensure that we do not cash in the dream for sentimental memories, dr. king came to the capital with a tremendous agenda and we still have work to do. >> you know, i first spoke to you shortly after you were named senior pastor there at ebenezer, have you felt challenged in that job? have you felt a bit of a burden? you know the question, it is the legacy question, the footsteps question. >> well, what has been helpful to me is the recognition that it is not my job to walk in dr. king's shoes, i don't think anyone can do that but to stand on his shoulders. i think the challenge for all of us no matter where we sit is to be our best self, in the moment we find ourselves, and what i have as leverage is the great example that dr. king left not only him but his father and his grandfather, al
king's death. but for americans across the nation dr. king's words that day with his soaring oratory, our right to remember it but our challenge today is to make sure that while we engage in commemoration we move from commemoration to recommitment that we ensure that we do not cash in the dream for sentimental memories, dr. king came to the capital with a tremendous agenda and we still have work to do. >> you know, i first spoke to you shortly after you were named senior pastor there at...
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dr. king knew what was coming. he knew that the promised land was -- had a lot of people pulling you back, trying to hold you back. what we need to do is register. you got a bunch up there and right here in washington who are working against you. you've got a bunch -- they is working five days per week trying to hold you back and these are some of the main reasons that minimum wage is what it is today. the president wants to give it to you but he has so many people that is against him and working against him and they don't want to pass nothing that he is for. what i suggest is get to everybody you can, that's what i am doing, get to everyone you can and try to get them registered to vote. until we do something about these people who are against others, until we do something about that, we will still be in a slump. we are going to overcome. we are going to overcome it. keep the faith. we are going to overcome it and just like i told brother that i am with you. i will be with you anyway i can help. that was the way o
dr. king knew what was coming. he knew that the promised land was -- had a lot of people pulling you back, trying to hold you back. what we need to do is register. you got a bunch up there and right here in washington who are working against you. you've got a bunch -- they is working five days per week trying to hold you back and these are some of the main reasons that minimum wage is what it is today. the president wants to give it to you but he has so many people that is against him and...
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we should all thank god for dr. king and john lewis and all those who gave us a dream to guide us. a dream they paid for like our founders with their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor. and we thank them for reminding us that america is always becoming, always on a journey. we all, every single citizen among us, have to run our lap. >> reporter: a third former president-- george w. bush-- was unable to attend today, as he recovers from a recent heart procedure. instead, he issued a statement saying: the moment that dr. king delivered his famous address-- with the appeal to "let freedom ring"-- was marked by a bell- ringing ceremony. that set the stage for the first african american president, who said the struggle for economic opportunity remains the nation's great unfinished business, but he voiced hope. there's a reason why so many who marched that day, and in the days to come, were young-- for the young are unconstrained by habits of fear, by the conventions of what is. they dared to dream differently, to imagine something better. and i am convinced that same imagination,
we should all thank god for dr. king and john lewis and all those who gave us a dream to guide us. a dream they paid for like our founders with their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor. and we thank them for reminding us that america is always becoming, always on a journey. we all, every single citizen among us, have to run our lap. >> reporter: a third former president-- george w. bush-- was unable to attend today, as he recovers from a recent heart procedure. instead, he issued a...
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to make it clear, i hear references about my contribution to dr. king's speech. dr. king wrote most of his speeches, i was honored together with the very dear, beloved friend of mine and a major adviser to him by the name of stanley levenson. periodically to provide suggested material, in connection with the speech he gave on the march on washington, i had provided him with a summary of ideas and summary of language that he had previously discussed. so it wasn't as if i was providing him with some creative ideas that were solely mine. i was more like a secretary who was summarizing and putting in the form that could be used for the speech, the opening paragraphs, little did i know, until i was sitting listening to him, i was standing some 50 feet behind him, when i was listening very carefully, i said, oh, my god, i guess he decided to use those opening paragraphs. to those paragraphs, which constituted the first seven paragraphs. to those opening paragraphs, he seemlessly added his own additional paragraphs, and it was when he was speaking his own additional paragra
to make it clear, i hear references about my contribution to dr. king's speech. dr. king wrote most of his speeches, i was honored together with the very dear, beloved friend of mine and a major adviser to him by the name of stanley levenson. periodically to provide suggested material, in connection with the speech he gave on the march on washington, i had provided him with a summary of ideas and summary of language that he had previously discussed. so it wasn't as if i was providing him with...
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he said, don't judge the president, to dr. king. judge the president's speech to lbj. the one lbj speech i really liked is lbj's howard commencement speech in 1965. it was a speech about inequality. he also goes through some actions he believes needs to be taken. that wasn't there in the president's speech yesterday. >> i do think he called out some of the racism. you know, a lot of people are seeing today. voting rights, other issues. for progressives, it was a great response to the speech. i do think he, you know, a lot issues people are seeing today are in the economic inequality fight. and he gave voice to those. and made it not part of economic inequality but a broader civil rights -- >> i want to play my favorite quote from a speech that was not give be by this president, but by a former president. bill clinton had an interesting comment about gridlock. >> but we don't face beating, lansings and shootings for our political beliefs anymore. i would respectfully suggest that he did not live and die to hear his heirs whine about gridlock. >> you worked there in grid
he said, don't judge the president, to dr. king. judge the president's speech to lbj. the one lbj speech i really liked is lbj's howard commencement speech in 1965. it was a speech about inequality. he also goes through some actions he believes needs to be taken. that wasn't there in the president's speech yesterday. >> i do think he called out some of the racism. you know, a lot of people are seeing today. voting rights, other issues. for progressives, it was a great response to the...
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martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream speech, people forget that dr. king was not only a civil rights activist, he also was a labor leader and one of the purposes, one of the stated goals of the march on washington was to increase the minimum wage from $1.15 to $2 an hour which is the modern day equivalent of the $15 an hour that these fast food workers are actually demanding. one other thing i want to underscore here, they're not just asking for an increase in the minimum wage, they're also asking for the right to unionize which i think is even more critical here. asking for the minimum wage, very important, but that's like asking for the fish. being a union member gives you the ability to learn how to fish so you can advocate for yourself for the safety and the wages that you need in your job. >> yeah, krystal. i'm totally with you. i totally support this movement of the least fortunate among us to make more. over the last 40 years workers' income vis-a-vis their boss's income has gone from a differential of 20-1 to 267-1. before the recession it was
martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream speech, people forget that dr. king was not only a civil rights activist, he also was a labor leader and one of the purposes, one of the stated goals of the march on washington was to increase the minimum wage from $1.15 to $2 an hour which is the modern day equivalent of the $15 an hour that these fast food workers are actually demanding. one other thing i want to underscore here, they're not just asking for an increase in the minimum wage, they're also...
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it's true that a lot of the things that dr. king -- we're still battling today, but i also was going to talk about the readiness of young people and we're excited to have that torch and run with it. >> there's a reason why so many marched that day and in the days to come were young. for the young are unconstrained by habits of fear. unconstrained by the conventions of what is. >> what was your response to that? >> we live in neighborhoods that are very scary i do agree with the president that young people are unconstrained. it doesn't mean it doesn't happen, but it doesn't hackle us. it doesn't mean we don't see and observe race, but it doesn't shackle us from moving forward. you see dreamers around the one, fighting to be a part of america, and you see fearlessness in almost every state if you look. >> you were inspired because of what happened with trayvon martin? is that one of the reasons that somebody from their generation has become -- he was mentioned three our fortimes in different speeches, excluding by dr. king's sist
it's true that a lot of the things that dr. king -- we're still battling today, but i also was going to talk about the readiness of young people and we're excited to have that torch and run with it. >> there's a reason why so many marched that day and in the days to come were young. for the young are unconstrained by habits of fear. unconstrained by the conventions of what is. >> what was your response to that? >> we live in neighborhoods that are very scary i do agree with...
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dr. joe biden things it does. community college is the answer. >> the for-profit solution is to say that in a month you can get your money back so that these kids are not accruing all this debt. >> the march on washington. >> my parents felt it was important for me to be here. >> that is carolyn gambles, preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington and martin luther king's i have a dreams beach. i have a dream-- speech. as we approach, a federal judge voting to overturn the texas voting law. >> congress can find a way to fix flight control at the airports -- .> i am all for that >> and to get a plane to carry the presidential dog to the vineyard. he does require a plane. >> not of his own. mark and i were having this discussion, and he is more eloquent than i am, but we have gone from martin luther king to the reverend al sharpton. as a leader, as he is trying to be this weekend, it is very dispiriting. >> it is absolutely true. the mark on washington was a remar
dr. joe biden things it does. community college is the answer. >> the for-profit solution is to say that in a month you can get your money back so that these kids are not accruing all this debt. >> the march on washington. >> my parents felt it was important for me to be here. >> that is carolyn gambles, preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington and martin luther king's i have a dreams beach. i have a dream-- speech. as we approach, a federal...
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the fbi started looking very, very closely at dr. martin luther king jr. their conclusions are coming up next. (growls) (man) that's a good look for you. (woman) that was fun. (man) yeah. (man) let me help you out with the.. (woman)...oh no, i got it. (man) you sure? (woman) just pop the trunk. (man vo) i may not know where the road will lead, but... i'm sure my subaru will get me there. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. but you had to leave rightce to now, would you go? world, man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. host: book the flight but you have to go right now. hero: (laughs) and i just go? this is for real right? this is for real? i always said one day i'd go to china, just never thought it'd be today. anncr: we're giving away a trip every day. download the expedia app and your next trip could be on us. expedia, find yours. >>> an unprecedented retreat in the war on drugs. the justice department announced today that it will not stop colorado or washington state from implementing their
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joe tells us he is advancing the dream by teaching our youth dr. king's impact can be felt today. right on, joe. i have a dream, and today i start making it a reality. excited for first day back to school. way to go, and good luck. we want to hear how you're getting involved. please head to advancing the dream.msnbc.com and use t the #advancingthedream. and tweet us a picture showing how you're moving forward. a ki! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. ♪ [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart att
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and dr. martin luther king, jr.'s i have a dream speech. in their own words, 50 years later. >> because they marched city councils changed and state legislatures changed and congress changed, and yes, eventually the white house changed. >> 50 years ago our parents and grandparents marched for jobs and freedom. we have suffered and sacrificed too much to let their dream become a memory. >> we got to keep on fighting and we've got to vindicate and stand up and substantiate that the dream was not for one generation. the dream goes on until the dream is achieved. >> so as the bells of freedom ring today, we are hoping that it's a time for all of us to reflect on not only the progress that has been made, and we have made a lot, but on what we have accomplished and also on the work that still remains before us. >> it was a historic day indeed. now, here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. donald rumsfeld said president obama has not made his case for a military attack on syria. >> there really hasn't been any indicatio
and dr. martin luther king, jr.'s i have a dream speech. in their own words, 50 years later. >> because they marched city councils changed and state legislatures changed and congress changed, and yes, eventually the white house changed. >> 50 years ago our parents and grandparents marched for jobs and freedom. we have suffered and sacrificed too much to let their dream become a memory. >> we got to keep on fighting and we've got to vindicate and stand up and substantiate that...
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. >> dr. martin luther king jr. gave the famous "i have a dream speech" august 28th, 1963, 50 years ago tomorrow. tomorrow night on this program, we will commemorate that anniversary with a very special edition of "all in" in which we will present that speech here in its entirety. the clip we just saw is so famous you've probably seen it dozens if not hundreds of times. the full speech is so rarely seen. so having the opportunity to televise it here tomorrow night is very exciting. one of the things that is so striking about his speech that day when you have the chance to see it and hear it in its entirety is just how forcefully radical the speech really was. uplifting to be sure. inspirational. and inclusive. but this speech was a pivotal moment in years of struggle. the march on washington was, therefore, a reason to make demands of those in power. "in a sense, we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check, dr. king said." the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the constitution, the d
. >> dr. martin luther king jr. gave the famous "i have a dream speech" august 28th, 1963, 50 years ago tomorrow. tomorrow night on this program, we will commemorate that anniversary with a very special edition of "all in" in which we will present that speech here in its entirety. the clip we just saw is so famous you've probably seen it dozens if not hundreds of times. the full speech is so rarely seen. so having the opportunity to televise it here tomorrow night is...
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here is president obama commemorating dr. king's dream and his lasting legacy this afternoon. >>
here is president obama commemorating dr. king's dream and his lasting legacy this afternoon. >>
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>> dr. martin luther king is very important tul americans, to white americans and to conservative african-americans. i'm curious, i know why he is important to me. i'm curious, why is he important to you as a conservative african-american? >> dr. king is important to me as a black american because i along with millions of other black people have been able to work and achieve our american dream on the shoulders of dr. king and all of the other people that marched, all the other people that sacrificed. that's what today's celebration was supposed to be about. those of us that have now reached what he described as the promised land but it didn't say that the promised land was going to be easy. so he is important to me because that entire civil rights movement did something in 1964 by waste civil rights act of 1964. it removed what i called the civil liberties no-fly zone. that's gone. we now have a responsibility to then take advantage of that by pursuing our dreams based upon what he talked ab
>> dr. martin luther king is very important tul americans, to white americans and to conservative african-americans. i'm curious, i know why he is important to me. i'm curious, why is he important to you as a conservative african-american? >> dr. king is important to me as a black american because i along with millions of other black people have been able to work and achieve our american dream on the shoulders of dr. king and all of the other people that marched, all the other...
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>> well, we're on -- i would say about halfway to dr. king's dream if that far. but what he dreamed about hasn't been realized yet. the poll in the "new york times" today shows enormous gasp what white and black people feel about racial progress. it strikes us as a country struggling hard to do the right thing but not succeeding so far. >> what do you guess is behind that disparity between the way white americans and many black americans feel about the progress in race relations given the fact that we do have our first african-american president elected with substantial shares of the white vote? >> it's so elusive white people tend not to know other people who are black and black people don't know that many black people themselves. it's as if we are living in two different worlds and we don't really know how to judge the people over there who look like this. and everything seems to be fine. we do have a black president. isn't that the great news. therefore it must be a wonderful country and everything is all right. but if you're living in that country and an your
>> well, we're on -- i would say about halfway to dr. king's dream if that far. but what he dreamed about hasn't been realized yet. the poll in the "new york times" today shows enormous gasp what white and black people feel about racial progress. it strikes us as a country struggling hard to do the right thing but not succeeding so far. >> what do you guess is behind that disparity between the way white americans and many black americans feel about the progress in race...
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as president obama spoke out on the peaceful, nonviolent legacy of dr. martin luther king junior, another day passed without him speaking out on whether he is about to launch military strikes against syria. the commander in chief has thus far left his public case to vice president biden and others, while his counterparts in britain and france have spoken out. legislatures in both countries are coming back for emergency sessions. >> interesting to me the british parliament and french parliament have convened to discuss this issue. i do think the president needs to have more consultation, which so far has not been there, but the war powers act is a little murky about that. >> reporter: a growing number of american lawmakers in both parties want to clear up the murkiness. a letter circulated by congressman scott mitchell about military action in syria has drawn over 100 signatures from republicans and democrats. >> he ought to call us back into session if he's warranted on the evidence, we'll stand with him with statutory authority. >> reporter: in addition
as president obama spoke out on the peaceful, nonviolent legacy of dr. martin luther king junior, another day passed without him speaking out on whether he is about to launch military strikes against syria. the commander in chief has thus far left his public case to vice president biden and others, while his counterparts in britain and france have spoken out. legislatures in both countries are coming back for emergency sessions. >> interesting to me the british parliament and french...
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dr. king was right when he said this struggle for equality would be ongoing. dr. king was right when he said we should not rest until we feel the waters of justice down around us. 50 years later, some of the progress made by the civil rights movement and some of the freedoms protected by the voting rights act are once again under siege. supreme court's decision to strike down portions of the voting rights act, states, once again, our free to to discourage american citizens to exercise one of the most fundamental rights -- the right to vote -- without intimidation or obstruction. regrettably, even hours after the decision, not days, not weeks, but hours, states had already decided they were going to do some things that they previously would never have done. in texas and mississippi, north carolina and florida, groups are already devising creative ways to make it difficult for minorities, each of us, to vote. in texas, they have already done it. this assault on freedom should be taken as seriously as you have taken anything. any changes to our voting process should
dr. king was right when he said this struggle for equality would be ongoing. dr. king was right when he said we should not rest until we feel the waters of justice down around us. 50 years later, some of the progress made by the civil rights movement and some of the freedoms protected by the voting rights act are once again under siege. supreme court's decision to strike down portions of the voting rights act, states, once again, our free to to discourage american citizens to exercise one of...
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and a look at dr. king's dream today. rebecca: whe renewal notice. by about $110 a month. roll the dice. care act was passed, company to go down by about $60 a month. little guy rebecca: the law works. >>> the news cycle begins in washington where outgoing homeland security secretary janet napolitano delivered her farewell address. she's served the agency for four and a half years. she's leaving her post to become the next president of the university of california system. >> if there's one takeaway, one object, lesson, and core operating principal i've learned and embraced as secretary, it's this. in a world of evolving threats, the key to our success is the ability to be flexible and agile. being flexible and agile means acknowledging that we na not be able to stop all threats all the time, but we can and must be prepared to address them quickly when they happen. minimize their consequences, draw pragmatic lessons, and emerge stronger and better. >> president obama has not yet nominated anyone to take over as the head of homeland security. >>> now to connecticut where stu
and a look at dr. king's dream today. rebecca: whe renewal notice. by about $110 a month. roll the dice. care act was passed, company to go down by about $60 a month. little guy rebecca: the law works. >>> the news cycle begins in washington where outgoing homeland security secretary janet napolitano delivered her farewell address. she's served the agency for four and a half years. she's leaving her post to become the next president of the university of california system. >> if...
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explain to them the thing that dr. king said in our meeting. it is a sin for a person to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages. we had employees that were working eight hours per day, five days per week, and on welfare. that was not right. all of ourwed employees how they was being used and mistreated, then we did not have any trouble bringing them out. truth, they did not know we were going out on strike. when they knew, we were out. [laughter] they said go and help them do what they can. we stayed on strike for 65 days. after we was on strike for about two weeks, dr. king joined us. king, in his last speech, he went to the mountaintop. and he saw the promised land. this was his last speech. he said i might not get there with you but we will make it. believe we have made it. we've got some cleaning up to do. but we made it to the promised land. look in the white house. that's a black man. speech, you that did not have too many black mayors. look around and see how many black mayors you've got now. the first thing we've got to d
explain to them the thing that dr. king said in our meeting. it is a sin for a person to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages. we had employees that were working eight hours per day, five days per week, and on welfare. that was not right. all of ourwed employees how they was being used and mistreated, then we did not have any trouble bringing them out. truth, they did not know we were going out on strike. when they knew, we were out. [laughter] they said go and help them do...
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dr. martin luther king, junior, they called him a dreamer. but as he said 50 years ago, his dream was deeply rooted in the american dream. everyone has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. with this dream and with this faith, dr. king challenged us to learn to live together as brothers or die together as fools. he said, darkness cannot drive out darkness. only light can do that. hate cannot drive out hate. only love can do that. king, a man who dared to dream that some day we could all sit together at the table of brotherhood and become a beloved community. beyond the dream: how far have we come? i'm kelly wright. >> gregg: hello. i'm jig jig and welcome to america's news headquarters. >> arthel: i'm arthel neville. topping the news, new word from the white house on the president meeting with his natural security team reportedly considering all option in response to reports of the deadly chemical attack in syria. we'll get a live report from washington.
dr. martin luther king, junior, they called him a dreamer. but as he said 50 years ago, his dream was deeply rooted in the american dream. everyone has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. with this dream and with this faith, dr. king challenged us to learn to live together as brothers or die together as fools. he said, darkness cannot drive out darkness. only light can do that. hate cannot drive out...
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dr. king came and preached at my church when i was around 9 or 10. so i grew up looking up to these figures. other kids wanted to play baseball. i wanted to be a civil rights leader because i admired dr. king and the like. and i think they shaped and molded a lot of us and i think that that's what we're seeking, martin and i, to do for the generation behind us and continue the generation ahead of us, because the issues are still here. i think we've made a lot of progress and we'll be saying at the rally saturday, we've come a long way, but we have a long way to go and it is a betrayal to them to stop now and not fully achieve the dream. if you really believe in it, you stay until you achieve it. you don't do it until you make progress in some areas. >> reverend, you're expecting i think something like 100,000 people to show up for the march this weekend. if dr. king was speaking to them this weekend what do you think he would say? >> well, i didn't put a number out. we expect a lot of people. i think we have a lot of people out there organizing. we e
dr. king came and preached at my church when i was around 9 or 10. so i grew up looking up to these figures. other kids wanted to play baseball. i wanted to be a civil rights leader because i admired dr. king and the like. and i think they shaped and molded a lot of us and i think that that's what we're seeking, martin and i, to do for the generation behind us and continue the generation ahead of us, because the issues are still here. i think we've made a lot of progress and we'll be saying at...
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what dr. king was saying, if you grow up black, you have to be on tiptoe stance because you never know in a white world how people are going to take things, but you have to watch out for that. what he's saying is we're a healthier society if everybody is looking out and wondering and reaching across lines to think how they're doing. i think we're still in a situation now where most white americans expect the black president to be black on their terms and not talk about being black. so he has to stay on a tiptoe stance and it's very controversial if he mentions his own experience. >> ifill: so should he be talkintalking about race more te has? >> i think he should. race has as you been the key defining point in american freedom and what we mean by it. that's what i meant by the 50-year blinks from madison forward. >> ifill: in one of our earlier conversations leading up to the march anniversary, i talked to bicari sellers, a state representative in south carolina, and the son of a famous civil
what dr. king was saying, if you grow up black, you have to be on tiptoe stance because you never know in a white world how people are going to take things, but you have to watch out for that. what he's saying is we're a healthier society if everybody is looking out and wondering and reaching across lines to think how they're doing. i think we're still in a situation now where most white americans expect the black president to be black on their terms and not talk about being black. so he has to...
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would dr. marlton luther king like obama care? president obama says this. >> what do you think he says about obama care? >> he would like that. >> well, because i think he understood that health care, health security is not a privilege. it's something that everyone should have access to. and on -- starting on october 1st, because of the affordable care act, obama care, anybody who doesn't have health insurance in this country is going to be able to get it at an affordable rate. >> kathleen sebelius going further by invoking the words of dr. king. without the opportunity to live a healthy life, there's no opportunity to live the american dream or participate fully in our communities. for every one of our neighbors who lives day after day in fear because he doesn't have insurance, there's an urgency of now. she went on to say, we must march ahead. does the white house have any business tieing the health care law to the civil rights movement? >> good evening, greta, it's nice to be with you. >> i know you're opposed to obama care fro
would dr. marlton luther king like obama care? president obama says this. >> what do you think he says about obama care? >> he would like that. >> well, because i think he understood that health care, health security is not a privilege. it's something that everyone should have access to. and on -- starting on october 1st, because of the affordable care act, obama care, anybody who doesn't have health insurance in this country is going to be able to get it at an affordable...
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right, the scripted remark that dr. king was planning to deliver a few years ago tomorrow were actually quite an indictment on the american sort of system are not really forming that more perfect union that president obama talked about a lot. and you know, i think this is a president that -- he sees the issue of racial and social justice through policies. so you can expect him to couch the idea of policy in the march, that was about jobs and economic justice. and this is a white house that really does believe that their economic policies, the health care reform, the head start, pre-k education, that these things actually are advancing social justice. and they will probably see that argument expressed by the president tomorrow. >> and dorian, the president has not gone out of his way to lower expectations for a speech the way he did with tom joyner, that he really had to do. he is the greatest speaker in our elected history, but he knows this one is a very tough one to stand on the steps. >> that is right, your colleague
right, the scripted remark that dr. king was planning to deliver a few years ago tomorrow were actually quite an indictment on the american sort of system are not really forming that more perfect union that president obama talked about a lot. and you know, i think this is a president that -- he sees the issue of racial and social justice through policies. so you can expect him to couch the idea of policy in the march, that was about jobs and economic justice. and this is a white house that...
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we have dr. martin luther king's speech yesterday, but i want to show -- i'm sorry. we don't have that sound, but what i do have is the information that john boehner and eric cantor were invited to be there, and they decided not to be there. mlk was a registered republican, wasn't he? >> according to one family member. >> his father was. >> his father was. >> why would republicans take a distant approach to wanting to be at the commemoration, the celebration yesterday? joan. >> because i think they have given up. i find it shocking. even six, seven years ago i would have had reps -- they said they're having scheduling conflicts. i'll get both presidents bush a pass, they're not well. what were they doing that they couldn't have found a way to reschedule it and be there? might they have been booed? maybe by a few people. but that was a lovely crowd. i think people would have respected their presence. the fact they won't even show up any more -- >> how does that mix perception with reality, especially with the rnc saying we are going to do the outreach necessary, and t
we have dr. martin luther king's speech yesterday, but i want to show -- i'm sorry. we don't have that sound, but what i do have is the information that john boehner and eric cantor were invited to be there, and they decided not to be there. mlk was a registered republican, wasn't he? >> according to one family member. >> his father was. >> his father was. >> why would republicans take a distant approach to wanting to be at the commemoration, the celebration yesterday?...
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a lot of what we think about when we think of the march is dr. king's speech. we think about segregation. but really the focus from any people at the march, and that's what labor unions were involved, was around jobs because there had been not only discrimination in terms of people getting jobs, but even when people had jobs, there was differences in pay and differences in opportunity for promotion. so those kinds of issues exist today. we know that from that period all the way till now that there has always been pretty close a doubling of black unemployment rate compared to white unemployment rates. has been virtually little intervention on the part of the government either on the federal level or the state level to address those concerns. so there is an effort to try to make those connections. there are some critical differences. i think probably the most and pretty much motivating a lot of young people is the significant and dramatic rise in incarceration. crime and issues of disproportionate racial issues in 1963, but here in 2013, if you look at the number
a lot of what we think about when we think of the march is dr. king's speech. we think about segregation. but really the focus from any people at the march, and that's what labor unions were involved, was around jobs because there had been not only discrimination in terms of people getting jobs, but even when people had jobs, there was differences in pay and differences in opportunity for promotion. so those kinds of issues exist today. we know that from that period all the way till now that...
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the celebration of dr. martin luther king's legacy. comes as the -- cnn senior white house correspond jim acosta is over at the white house with the latest. what's going on, jim? >> reporter: >> reporter: wolf, president obama did not touch on the situation at the lincoln memorial, though he did address some domestic political issues. it was a brief diversion for the president, who is facing one of the biggest foreign policy challenges during his second term, if only he can overcome some major diplomatic hurdles. as the u.s. moved closer to military action, president obama interrupted his deliberation over syria to mark an historic milestone, the 50th anniversary of martin luter king's "i have a dream" speech. the words belonged to the ages. >> unmatched in our time. >> reporter: it was one of the only few public appearances for the president, who has little time to spend away from the white house. any decision to strike syria over the alleged use of chemical weapons is growing more complicated by the day. over at the u.n., syria's amb
the celebration of dr. martin luther king's legacy. comes as the -- cnn senior white house correspond jim acosta is over at the white house with the latest. what's going on, jim? >> reporter: >> reporter: wolf, president obama did not touch on the situation at the lincoln memorial, though he did address some domestic political issues. it was a brief diversion for the president, who is facing one of the biggest foreign policy challenges during his second term, if only he can overcome...
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martin luther king's vision of racial equality? well, it all depends upon who you ask. 56% of republicans but just 38% of democrats say the country has made a lot of progress. the difference in opinion has a lot to do with the political makeup of the two parties, as we can imagine. 48% of whites say a lot of progress has been made. only 32% of african-americans agree. that explains a lot in the party difference. and we'll be right back. >>> we are back. ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the difference. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. i did a little research. with a medica
martin luther king's vision of racial equality? well, it all depends upon who you ask. 56% of republicans but just 38% of democrats say the country has made a lot of progress. the difference in opinion has a lot to do with the political makeup of the two parties, as we can imagine. 48% of whites say a lot of progress has been made. only 32% of african-americans agree. that explains a lot in the party difference. and we'll be right back. >>> we are back. ♪ honey, we need to talk. we...
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. >> 50 year blink from '63 to today brings us immense advances towards free, equal, what dr. king called equal votes and equal souls in the united states, not just race relations, end of segregation but as he predicted liberated the white south, created the sunbelt, created all kinds of rights for women people take for granted, the disabled. basically race has always been the chief barrier but also the gateway when people deal forthrightly with race it pays other benefits. now 2013 we have benefits that make us optimistic we can tackle tough problems but our politics is in gridlock largely because we don't deal with race and acknowledge what we've done. >> it struck me. you said this. the first thing i thought of was eric holder's line from three years ago calling us a nation of cowards when it comes to the issue of race. lonnie you're building a whole museum you're hoping launches uncomfortable conversations. you think we need to have an uncomfortable conversation about race right now? >> there's no doubt race has been and continues to be the most important issue that divide
. >> 50 year blink from '63 to today brings us immense advances towards free, equal, what dr. king called equal votes and equal souls in the united states, not just race relations, end of segregation but as he predicted liberated the white south, created the sunbelt, created all kinds of rights for women people take for granted, the disabled. basically race has always been the chief barrier but also the gateway when people deal forthrightly with race it pays other benefits. now 2013 we...
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martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. whatever your politics this is a remarkable moment for an african-american president to speak there. 50 years after dr. king sdpp what can we expect to hear from the president tomorrow? >> politico's glen thrush has a look at what the president will say and start out as we would expect with taking stock of racial progress, but then the president is going to look ahead to these fall economic fights you were talking about at the top of the show and he's going to tie martin luther king goals, this was after all a march and rally about jobs, 50 years ago, to the president's agenda, both what he accomplished in his first term as far as health care and lilly ledbetter pay equity act, some infrastructure funding through the stimulus and his goals for the second term which include immigration, more infrastructure funding and, of course, the implementation of obama care. so we're going to see in this, the president's practical side. and that is that if you look over the president's rhetoric ov
martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. whatever your politics this is a remarkable moment for an african-american president to speak there. 50 years after dr. king sdpp what can we expect to hear from the president tomorrow? >> politico's glen thrush has a look at what the president will say and start out as we would expect with taking stock of racial progress, but then the president is going to look ahead to these fall economic fights you were talking about at the top of...
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. >>> it's been a remarkable week, commemorating 50 years since dr. martin luther king's dream speech. signs of progress comes in many forms. sometimes in the struggle for civil rights, sometimes it's leaders breaking new ground. but it also is in the world of arts and culture. and during this week of remembrance, the remarkable true story of a white house butler with the front row seat to our nation's civil rights history is number one at the box office in lee daniels' "the butler." eugene allen worked as a butler at the white house for 34 years under every president from truman to reagan. he was there during all the major moments in the civil rights moment. "the washington post" profiled mr. allen just after the 2008 election, capturing his reaction as he voted for the first african-american president-elected to the office. this week president obama reflected on seeing the film, revealing he was moved to tears. >> i teared up just thinking about not just the butlers who worked here in the white house, but an entire generation of people who were tale
. >>> it's been a remarkable week, commemorating 50 years since dr. martin luther king's dream speech. signs of progress comes in many forms. sometimes in the struggle for civil rights, sometimes it's leaders breaking new ground. but it also is in the world of arts and culture. and during this week of remembrance, the remarkable true story of a white house butler with the front row seat to our nation's civil rights history is number one at the box office in lee daniels' "the...
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martin luther king's vision of racial equality? well, it all depends upon who you ask. 56% of republicans but just 38% of democrats say the country has made a lot of progress. the difference in opinion has a lot to do with the political makeup of the two parties, as we can imagine. 42% of whites say a lot of progress has been made. only 32% of african-americans agree. that explains a lot in the party difference. and we'll be right back. we don'♪ ♪ fire, fire, you can take me higher ♪ ♪ take me to the mountains, start a revolution ♪ ♪ hold my hand, we can make, we can make a contribution ♪ ♪ brand-new season, keep it in motion ♪ ♪ 'cause the rhyme is the reason ♪ ♪ break through, man, it doesn't matter who you're talking to ♪ [ male announcer ] completely redesigned for whatever you love to do. the all-new nissan versa note. your door to more. ♪ your door to more. cashback concierge, here. what is a cashback concierge? well there's lots of ways you can get cash back. i'm here to help you get the most out
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dr. king was not a republican. he was also not a stated democrat, but as we talked before the show, liberal principles through and through his support of labor, anti-war, all sorts of things. but he was not a republican, but even if he was -- >> right. >> because his father was because so many black folk were. i think we were moving from the republican party, the party of lincoln after the new de, we starred moving and with the civil rights act we switched and became democrats. so his father, many black men and women of that era were. bulking existed in a time that is of a fundamentally different republican party than we have now. after the civil rights act, after goldwater and nixon with the rise of reagan, movement conservatism. it becomes a fundamentally different pate. king did not know of this current party although he knew goldwater and criticized him as defending racists. the idea king was in bed with republican is a total lie. >> king attacked not just goldwater but ronald reagan and said had he no talent.
dr. king was not a republican. he was also not a stated democrat, but as we talked before the show, liberal principles through and through his support of labor, anti-war, all sorts of things. but he was not a republican, but even if he was -- >> right. >> because his father was because so many black folk were. i think we were moving from the republican party, the party of lincoln after the new de, we starred moving and with the civil rights act we switched and became democrats. so...
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at that moment 50 years ago when dr. king reached that point in his speech, let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops in new hampshire. he goes through the long list of everywhere he wants to hear freedom ring. every mole and mole hill of mississippi. you know that portion of the speech, right? at the 50-year anniversary of that moment at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, bells are going to ring in d.c. and across the country and even apparently in places as far away as switzerland and japan. that's tomorrow afternoon. here's the other thing you need to know for tomorrow, though. even if you're not in a place where you can watch tv during the day, take a note of this for tomorrow night. this is something that never happens. tomorrow night, wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, msnbc has moved heaven and earth to get permission to air the "i have a dream" speech uninterrupted in its entirety. you think you have heard the whole speech, but you really probably haven't. access to the tape of the speech is very, very highly restricted.
at that moment 50 years ago when dr. king reached that point in his speech, let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops in new hampshire. he goes through the long list of everywhere he wants to hear freedom ring. every mole and mole hill of mississippi. you know that portion of the speech, right? at the 50-year anniversary of that moment at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, bells are going to ring in d.c. and across the country and even apparently in places as far away as switzerland and japan. that's...